Antiskidding device for automobiles.



R. A. MOORE. ANTISKIDDING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED SE21. 2.7, 1910.

Patented June13, 1911'.

ROBERT ALEXANDER MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MOORE AUTO SKID -PREVE NTER-i-COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, Na. Y.,, A CORPORATION 035 NE! YORK.

anrrsxinmne DEVICE FOR au'rpiyromrns.

995,0 26 Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted Jflne 13,1911, Applieation'filed September 27,.19101 Seria1N0. 584,138.

H v forwardoneslat any suitable point inithe iii? B'e i-akaswn hilt lll;ROBERT ALEXANDER 'vehicle.-"f(lne or: more of the devices'eem Moons, a citizen 'df the "United States, reprisingthe present invention ma be carried siding at Chicago; injthe county of Cook. by the sleeve 5, but for heavy veh li'as a art and State of Illinois, have invented certain of the devices "should preferab new and useful Improvements "in Antiployed. "J skidding Devices for Automobiles, of which Each anti-skidding-device comprises" the following is a specification. link bracket-s 4L aforesaid, and a" shoe 7 piv- This invention consists of certain improveotally connected with the lower ends of said .TQ e hh m itm zl. comm? .10 ments in anti-skidding devices particularly brackets. If desired, the brackets 4 may be 65 designed for use on automobiles or similar made with a lowermost section 4: having a vehicles, and of the type adapted to be con socket to receive the lower end of the upper trolled by the operator of the vehicle wheresection, suitable detachable fastenings 8 beby the device, consisting generally'of a shoe ing employed to connect the sections. The for contact with the surface over which the shoe 7 consists of a narrow elongated body, 70

vehicle travels, may be moved at will into preferably a hardened metal plate of sufliand out of operative contact with respect to cient vertical thickness to afford a firm resaid surfacei sistance to, lateral skidding movement of The essential feature of the invention rethe vehicle-when the shoe is operated by sides in the special form of shoe employed, the lever 2 so as to engage the surface over 75 including the peculiar manner of mounting which the vehicle travels. I The lower ends the same on the vehicle. f of the brackets 4: are bifurcated as shown at For a full understanding of the present 4'. and between said bifurcated portions is invention, reference is to be had to the folreceived the shoe 7, pivot members 9 passing lowing detail description and to the acconr through slots 10 in the bifurcated portions 80: panying drawings, in which as well as through the body of the shoe.

- Figure 1 is a view diagrammatically show- S in 11 are employed to yieldingly press ing the lower portion of a motor vehicle,- the shoe toward the ends of the brackets 4, and illu ing he invention applied said springs being preferably of a flat type thereto; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, 0118 Of the and interposed between the upper end of the 85 anti-skidding devices being shown in operabifurcation at the lower endof each bracket tion, and the other in an inoperative'posiand th u er urface of the shoe.

' tion; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the shoe, It ill b rent that the structure h link brackets suppo t ng e S above described is very substantial in that ing partly brok w y, and 0116 belng the shoe is supported very rigidly by the 90 shown in ec i n; F g- 4 is a d i View Of spaced link brackets 4 when said shoe is in 0 0f t e link brackets broken y to operative contact with the surface of the show the connection between the shoe and ground. The yielding members 11 as well the lower. end of s bracket; ig- 5 is a v as the spring 12 in the length of the conneccross-sectional view illustrating the preti 3 r it, th hoe 7 to move upward 95 ferr d f rm of h slightly should it meet with any rigid ob- Describing the essential features of the str'uction. The rear end of the shoe is uppresent invention in-detail, l in the drawturned and the front end curves upwardly lngs denotes the wheelsof the vehicle, and also for obvious reasons. A spring or s n the latter will have mounted thereon in any lar member 13 normally holds each of the 100 suitable way a foot lever or similar operashoes 7 above the surface of the ground. tive device 2 connected bya flexible connec- The preferred form of the shoe 7 1s lllustion such as a chain 3 with the front link. trated in Fig. 5, wherein the shoe is shown bracket 4 of'a pair of such brackets which of inverted. V-form, it legs straddling a are rri y h Sleeve in wh h he section of the roadway and adapted esperear drive-axle of the vehicle operates. The cially by their form to bite in and secure a brackets 4 are preferably of somewhat V- firm anti-skidding grip thereon. form, and the rear brackets are pivoted, at Having thus described the lnvention, what their upper ends to clamps 6 secured to the is claimed as new is:

'Y part 5 substantial manner and the 1. In combination, ave'hicle, and an ant-icurried by the lower ends of saidbrackets,

nection.

skidding device/ thereb comprising spaced link; brackets fpivota y connected with the vehicle attheir upper ends, a. shoe downwardly an end" an'opersting device, for forcing the shoe includingfa yiel' able con- 2. In combination, a. vehicle, and an anti,

skidding device carried therebf comprisin spaced link brackets pivotal connecte with the rehicle at their upper ends, a shoe carried by the lower. ends of said brackets, an operating device'for 'forcing the shoe downwardl and including a yieldable connection, an means yieldably supporting the shoe on the brackets. v

3 Incombination, a Vehicle, and an anti elevated position;

skidding de rice carried thereby comprisin snaced link brackets pivotally connect'e with the vehicle at their upper. ends, a shoe carried by the lower ends of said brackets,

an operating device for forcing the shoe downwardly and including a yieldable connection, means yieldebly supporting the shoe 

